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CBN lifts forex market with $195m

On the first day of transaction after the Eid-el-Fitr celebration, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), on Wednesday June 28, 2017, intervened in various segments of the inter-bank market to the tune of $195m.

A breakdown of Wednesday’s intervention indicates that authorized dealers in the wholesale window segment received a $100 million offer from the Bank, while the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and invisibles windows were allocated the sums of $50 million and $45 million, respectively.

CBN’s Acting Director, Corporate Communications Department, Mr. Isaac Okorafor, confirmed the figures also disclosed that the bank was impressed by the high level of transparency exhibited by stakeholders in the market.

It will be recalled that the CBN in its last intervention on Friday last week allocated the total sum of $240 million to the Retail Secondary Market Intervention Sales (SMIS) for spot and forward deals.

With the rate of inflation dropping from its April 2017 figure of 17.24% to 16.25 per cent at the end of May, 2017, the CBN spokesman says the Bank remains upbeat that the fortunes of the Naira will improve further in the months to come.

Meanwhile, the naira continued its stability in the FOREX market, exchanging at an average of N363/$1 in the bureau de change (BDC) segment of the market on Wednesday.

S-Davies Wande

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